Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Mobile Cyber Security News Weekly – Week of July 20, 2014

Welcome to the Mobile Cyber Security News Weekly, our newest online newsletter. Mobile Cyber Security will focus on the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile and cyber security, mobile malware, mobile application management, cyber warfare (and more!) that I run across each week. I am specifically targeting market trend information.Also read Connected Globe News WeeklyAlso read Field Mobility News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Commerce News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Health News WeeklyAlso read Mobility News WeeklyLooking for an enterprise mobility solution? Read the Mobile Solution Directory Here!It's time again for the annual State of Enterprise Mobility report. A lot has changed in the enterprise mobility world in the past year. Would you be willing to participate in the survey? All participants will receive the final report for free. Here is the survey link - http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e9hmymorhwv3wle0/start. I will be compiling the results and writing the report in the month of August.Markets and Markets expects the Middle East cyber security market will be $5.17 billion in 2014 and is expected to grow to $9.56 billion in 2019. This represents an estimated compound annual growth rate of 13.07 percent from 2014 to 2019. Read Original ContentVisiongain has determined the top 20 companies in the global mobile security market account for $2.06 billion, or 58.9 percent of annual market revenue which illustrates a highly competitive and fragmented market. Read Original ContentMarket for mobile messaging security gateway and firewall protecting telecom operators’ infrastructure is expected to grow to nearly $1 billion by 2018, said Infonetics Research. The mobile infrastructure security market will grow 42 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 to 2018. Read Original ContentThe cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications can actually meet or exceed the original cost and time to implement those systems. In their new report, “StarMobile Transforms Enterprise Apps into Mobile Apps”, 451 Research details the advantages of StarMobile’s app development tool and how it can drastically reduce the cost and time to mobilize enterprise applications. Download report here: http://starmobileinc.com/report-451research-starmobile-transforms-mobile-apps-into-enterprise-apps/When it comes to security, mobile threats are on the rise, according to the June 2014 McAfee Labs Threat Report. New mobile malware has increased for five straight quarters, with a total mobile malware growth of 167 percent in the past year alone. Read Original ContentVenture capital firms are expected to funnel $788 million into early-stage cyber security startups this year. That's a 74 percent increase from last year's $452 million, according to PrivCo, a financial data provider on privately held companies. In 2011, VC firms invested just $160 million in cyber security startups. Read Original Content

***Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility and digital transformation analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.